Upfiring or Downfiring?

In overview, however, both approaches offer sound dispersion and other advantages over traditional
frontfiring cabinets, but have different design goals. Our downfiring cabinets are full frequency range
systems that attempt to be the ultimate for amplifying acoustic instruments. Our one upfiring model is
more of a compromise. The UpShot’s design goal is to be the smallest and lightest speaker available and
still offer great performance for acoustic instruments. With a single driver, its frequency response is
more limited than the two-way systems used in the Contra/Coda/Ten2. Yet it still has sufficient response
to accurately reproduce bass, guitar, keyboards and other instruments. This level of performance plus
its exceptional portability makes for a very attractive product.